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silver lining

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silver lining
n.
A hopeful or comforting prospect in the midst of difficulty.
[From the proverb "Every cloud has a silver lining".]
silver lining
n
a comforting or hopeful aspect of an otherwise desperate or unhappy situation (esp in the phrase every cloud has a silver lining)
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Noun1.silver lining - a consoling aspect of a difficult situation; "every cloud has a silver lining"; "look on the bright side of it"
bright side
consolation, solace, solacement - the comfort you feel when consoled in times of disappointment; "second place was no consolation to him"
Translations
silver lining n → lato positivo
every cloud has a silver lining → non tutto il male vien per nuocere
silver lining n → lato positivo
every cloud has a silver lining → non tutto il male vien per nuocere


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Now, though how that train of thought had started he could not have said, he was distinctly conscious of the silver lining.
Uneasy Money by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
A suspicion of silver lining had become visible through the clouds.
The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville View in context
I expand, I open, I turn my silver lining outward like Milton's cloud, and it's more agreeable to both of us.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
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